And people survived. Now stores are open no matter what. I don't blame the stores or laws. I blame the people. If people didn't go to stores on Sundays/holidays/weather events, the store would not be open.
Pencils without erasers. In first grade we were not allowed to have a pencil with an eraser until getting a 100 on the spelling test. Even then I knew how dumb that was. If I can get the 100 - I don't need an eraser. :rant
No, debt refers to credit. Even a utility bill (in most cases) is not debt until disconnection. Then what is owed becomes debt and eligible to be paid with cash (without them saying otherwise).
If the store let you leave with the can of soup on the condition you would come back on Friday to...
That's my WOW factor. I have heard of and seen videos of stores that only accept plastic/palm reader/bio-metric, but all stores around me still accept cash.